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for August, 1947 Construction Kinks These Kinks Earned $1 Each. How About Yours? Drying Lamp (D-• .ga Sooting Technique f•ARS, buildings, and tunnel ' between lighted Pullman cars, ca portals can be sooted with a 1 heat lamps speeds up the sleeve, then soldered in place. on a stick of charcoal, then paint drying time fofmy models. The lamps are the screw-in type so both sides of the model will ...,031*/IW JMN rubbed or patted onto the equipment. If the equipment is and cost me $1.25 each. They *• Vp slightly glossy, a priming spray are mounted opposite each other so dried seem to look better and are nnore dust-free than those allowed to dry naturally.- Andrew Virostek. Realistic Loose Loads of fixative •vill provide "tooth" be dried simultaneously. Models SPLICE TERMINALS 82118 for the charcoal. Repeat until ADAPTED'FOR GLAD HANDS desired shade of sooting is obtained. Roof, sides, and ends of L Detail of connector 2. Joining or disconnecting 3. Showing terminals connected Moreover, the connectors ac- as mineral ore, limestone, sul- outrageously out of scale for 34" Couplers, trucks, and underbody parts can be protected with 1 loads for hopper cars such totype "glad hand" and are not phur, etc., shave or crush sticks or 136•" scale. The catalogue of correctly colored chalk and number ofthe connector I use masking tape. Fixative, mouth- Residual Magnetism TVTHEN a direct current relay holtzer. Paint Brush Care VV lags or remains closed be-. rOOD brushes mean a lot in cause of residual magnetism, #doing a good paint job, and ---'-0 . -Z.Er -E (-Paper cemented to armature armature between it and the magnet.-Jack E. Stranger. Pin Dispenser FOR SLUGGISH RELAYS Relay apply to car.-Donn Trusda•e. is 33030.-Ralston G. Ober- type atomizer, charcoal sticks, and masking tape are obtainable at art supply stores.-Herbert Harper. Spraying Small Quantities cement a bit of paper to the they should have proper care. TTOU can overcome the nuiAfter use, they should be thor- I sance of using small quan- oughly cleaned with the same type of thinner usAd in the paint. spray gun by inserting a 145 When they are dry, a coating of petroleum jelly should be applied and worked gently into the bristles. The brushes should then be pulled through the thumb and forefinger to draw the bristles into perfect shape. Always press flat lettering •NLARGE the hole in the brushes on the flat side. Before A-a metal top of a dental floss using the brushes again, almost container and you'll have a good any thinner such as turpentine, pin dispenser. Place pins in the acetone, or gasoline will remove tube with heads up. When you the jelly instantly and the brush need a pin, pick up the con- is ready for use.-Andrew Cox. tainer, invert it, and shake out one pin at a time. Saves pricking the fingers, for the pin is al- lz:OR soldering heavy work, or wood cut to fit the inside Soldering Torch ounce paint bottle inside the large container. A piece of cork ways delivered head first. - ·6 such as castings, which your walls of the large container can Harold W. Wells. Convenient Connectors general purpose electric iron be inserted to hold the small can't handle, get a Jim Dandy, bottle in place. The curved base model No. 80 B automatic al- of the spray jar causes the small. rwIK-DISCONNECT splice cohol blow torch made by the bottle to take a tilted position CJ terminals, manufactured by Modern Metal Products Co., making all the paint accessible. A. M. P. Products Co., Harris- Cambridge, Mass. Many local It may be necessary to file ofT a burg, Pa., are very handy for hardwares stock them. They are small portion of the feeder tube use in electrical connections be- safe, simple, and cost about $1·39. of some spray guns.-E. J. tween 0 gauge loco and tender, -K. E· Crane. Geary. SPRAI GUN KINK - 1036 . St -»Sproy gun •p•notnts••ae•r 1 -1 -- 1141 61 1 E 4 35 1 \'1 %:S..:,It. 1111.--Small paint jar . 1 .1-n A '.) i R .2.. jia'. 11:$ .3 Cork or wood support for jar tities of paint in a standard cars should be done separately. A quick, light, spray starting and ending off the object is best for even coverage. The fixative TO GET appropriate loose tually look and act like the pro_ dries quickly and is unnoticeable if not too heavily applied. T FIND that a pair of infra-red etc. Wires are inserted in the small wad of absorbent cotton held in a pair of tweezers, rubbed. 635 \